Improvement in shoemakers  lap-irons



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. FRIGKER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIs RIGHT To JOHN A. DUNCAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN' SHOEMAKERS LAP-IRONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,780, dated July 11, 1876; application filed May 20, 1876.

- To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN A. FRICKER, of Indianapolis, Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Lap-Iron for Shoemakers; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in .which Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a top View of my invention.

The object of my invention is to produce a cheap and convenient lap-iron for shoemakers; and it consists of a metallic block provided on its under surface 'with three grooves to fit over the legs of the user, as hereinafter set forth.

In the said drawings, A is a metal block,

having a face, a, for striking upon. The ends taper downward, as shown, and the under side has in it three grooves, O B B, to fit over the legs of the operator. \Vhen it is desired. the iron can be supported on both knees in the grooves B B; or one knee can be used in the groove C.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As anlimproved article of manufacture, a lap-iron provided with the face a and grooves B O B, as set forth.

JOHN AUGUSTUS FRIGKER.

Witnesses:

W. H. OLINE, F. M. CHRISTIAN. 

